Rennicke accepts executive role at Concordia

Concordia University Wisconsin announced Monday it has hired Dean Rennicke, a former executive of Kapco Inc. and the Lakeshore Chinooks, as its vice president of the Concordia University Wisconsin Foundation.

Rennicke vacated his positions as vice president and general manager of the Lakeshore Chinooks and vice president of marketing for Kapco Inc. on May 12.

In his new role, Rennicke will focus on advancing Concordia’s athletic teams with an eye towards raising funds for future new facilities. More immediately, he will work with the rest of the advancement department on the campaign for Concordia’s new academic building, the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center.

Concordia announced last fall its plans to erect the new building, which will house its Batterman School of Business and serve as the central space on campus from which free market principles will be developed and advanced. The building will also serve as a space for cross-disciplinary student collaboration and will be a resource to the community.

Earlier in his career, Rennicke spent 15 seasons in various capacities in the Milwaukee Brewers' front office.